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A state audit found taxpayers in Gov. JB Pritzker’s (D) Illinois paid out a whopping $1.6 billion for healthcare programs for illegal immigrants since 2020. The news comes after Republican legislators pushed for the audit to be released, Fox News reported on Friday. In regard to the audit, state Senate Republican leader John Curran said it showed there has been rampant overspending. “And it also showed that the governor was unable to manage this program. Thousands of people were allowed to sign up for free healthcare for years on the state taxpayer dime that should not have been eligible under...

The Obama-mercial was fairly highly rated across the three broadcast networks (CBS, Fox and NBC) in the early metered market numbers. Between the three networks it scored an impressive combined 17.8/29 (household rating/share). http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/10/30/early-wednesday-ratings-obama-ad-pushes-daisies-six-feet-under/7185 Anyone know how that correlates to number of household viewing?

IT is Christian Aid Week and the cry has once again gone out for the West to send more aid to Africa. On this occasion the appeal has come from two of our most politically engaged pop stars - Bono and Bob Geldof - who visited 10 Downing Street yesterday in an attempt to persuade the Prime Minister to exert his influence at the forthcoming G8 summit in Canada and increase the West's spending on the beleaguered continent. Their motives are without doubt noble: they clearly expect an infusion of Western capital and further debt relief to reduce the suffering...